Part of the "The Colour Guides" series, this volume presents some 55 topics as double page spreads, and gives a synoptic account of the topic, wherever possible using pathogenesis, diagnosis clinical features, treatment, and prognosis. It also presents a collection of clinical photographs.
A collection of twelve science fiction stories featuring giant monsters, Lovecraftian horrors, clockwork cyberpunks, and more. Finalist for Best Collection the 2018 Aurealis Awards celebrating the year's best Australian speculative fiction.
Published here as a stand-alone chapbook, Briar Day is a short, slipstream story about masculinity, fairy tales, and the narratives we tell ourselves. Also available in the collection The Birdcage Heart & Other Strange Tales. Everyone remembers where they were when the briars first choked the city. Everyone celebrates the anniversary of their rescue from the rampaging dragon and the mysterious curse that afflicted Brisbane. But not everybody is in the mood to celebrate the anniversary of Briar Day, and for two old friends with terrible memories of the day, the annual celebrations are nothing but a source of heartbreak.
Peter M. Ball made his debut as a speculative fiction writer in 2007, but he'd already been writing for two decades by the time he turned his attention to producing short stories. This chapbook brings two early, formative short stories back into print, featuring the discontinuous, post-modern grunge-lit of Night, Morning, Story and the crude horror of Impact. The chapbook also includes a short author's note, positioning these early works in the landscape of Ball's later career and his first steps away from writing poetry. Ideal for fans who enjoy not just the deep cuts of an author's back catalogue, but delving all the way back to see early influences and techniques tried out for incorporation into later works.